Hydrocarbon-burner.



C. H. BOECK.

HYnRocARBoN BURNER. l APPLICATION FILED JAN- 11, 1915.

Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I HYDROCARBON BURNER.

APPLICATION HLED 11111.11. 1915.

41,151,560. Patented Aug. 31,1915.v

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CTTorfneY www y,air necessary for combustion.

l Aia CHARLES n. eCECK'oF JACKsoN, MICHIGAN, yAssIeNoa To NOVELTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or JACKSON, MICHIGAN, A

To all whom t may cor/.Cera

Be it kknown ,that I, CHARLES acitizen 'of the United States, residing at Jackson, county of Jackson, rState of'Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inv Hydrocarbon-Burners, and

declare the following tok be a full,clear,` and exact description of the same, such -as will enable others skilled in the art to ywhich 1t pertains to make and 'usethe same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings,

which form a partof this specification.

4.This invention relates to' hydrocarbon burners, and more particularly to heavy hydrocarbon burners.k l y In order to burn heavy hydrocarbon it must be vaporized either through themedium of awick or by some means of heating the liquid.

The present burner relates to -a, form of heavy hydrocarbon burners vin whichA the heavy hydrocarbon is thoroughly preheatedl and vaporized vbefore itgis mixed ywith the Burners of this type are broadly old and it has been customary to control the flow of `vaporized oil by means of a needle or similar valve.

It has also been customary to utilize the port controlled by the valve for the purpose of directing the vaporized fluid into the mix,-v

ing chamber. Thisy port,must therefore be very small. Burners of this 'type have worked very satisfactorily for a short time. Then it has been found that carbon deposits have accrued on theneedle valve, in fact, the

'needle valve has practically become impregvnated with the carbon so that the carbon cannot be removed, and the consequence has been that thekflow of vaporized fuel through the small port has been very much restricted and eventually will be practically stopped.

It is `the objectof the present invention to do away with this troubleinhthe port -which directs the fuel into the mixingv chamber.

f 'Another object of the ypresent invention is l ,to provide uniformity of flame and heat over A `further object ofthis inventionisan4 the entire upperfsurface of the burner.

Still another object of the structure hereinafter described isto provide a burner that is removable with respect to thepgenerator and the stove proper.

Appiicajtin med January 11, 1915. serial No. 1,497.

Boeck,

CORPORATION or MICHIGAN.

Patented yAug. 31, 1915.

arrangement and construction of the generator and burnery so-that heavy hydrocan bon is completely vaporized before being sprayedy into the mixing chamber.-

Figure l is a plan view of the burner and generator with a part ofthe slotted cap of the burnerlbody broken away.k Fig. 2 is a side view with some `of the 'parts broken away and in Section. F igQ is afront elevation. Fig. :4 isy a sectionof a portion of the' fuel delivering pipe and the nozzle. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the burner mounted upon a part ofthe stove frame. Fig. 6 is a. plan View of similar partsy showing the burner in process of removal from the genverator and thestove frame. Figs. 7, and 8 are a front and side view respectively ofthe plate which" guides 4the burner as itl is slid into or out of place.` Fig. 9 is a section on the Vline A A of Fig. 5V showing the clip which aids in supporting the valve and generator. y Y n The burner proper is formed by'a shell'a that incloses thefmain portion of the .mixing chamber. Thecap l) lits over they cup-shaped 'shell d and completes themixing chamber. This cap 'Z2 isslotted asshown in Figs. l and 3."r K, l

The oil is carriedthrough `afpipe C, which forms a loop at the frontof the burner and which leads into the pipe Z that incloses the valve e. The loopwhenheat is applied to it is a Vgas generator, soy itwill be referred toas the generator. The pipes @and Z will y be referred-to as a fuelconduit. It will be noted that the loop of the pipe c is directly at the front of the burner,v and referring'to Fig. 3 it will be seen that horizontalslots m are provided in the lfr'ontof the burner shell o through which a flame-may issue to preheat they oilin the coil ofthe pipe c. This pre-heating results in the vaporization of the oil so that when it enters ,into the pipe CZ that incloses the valve e, it iswholly vaporized. The vaporized oilissuesjfrom the lpipe d through the nozzle f `which screws into ,the end of the pipe (Z. It willbe noted that Lthe ynozzle is provided with tion in its y,end and this is restrict the vaporized oil.` A is sprayed through a space e' into the intake pipe` j ofthe mixingchamber 7i. v`The space `a small perfora-y used to direct and The yvaporized oil f non.4

On the contrary,

when 1 'rearhalf of the 4 Y v y yque'ntlyv kcauses the vaporized fuel and the l flame. Y 55 .the rear portion of the burner affords a n Kzontallydisposedslots These' slot'sare n interposed between intake .pipe jof the mixing chamber tof gether with the vaporized gas.

v v vvOne of thefeatures of my invention is kthe y 5 making vof Ythe .nozzle f removable withl re- K lspect tothepipe V(Z." He.retofore it has been customary to have the needle'valve@` govern n g but l propose to makea port la inthe end o f the pipe d Which is gOF/z,

` the fuel pipe, generator and 'the' valve fina-g v definite position with respect -to'thestovej frame. Heretofore it has been quite diflicultl to get'k at the burner and the generator-bethe small port 0 yernedby the needle valve e. .It Will be noted I large :andi that it4 that theport la 'is lquite leads into the removable nozzle f `Which` has quite'a small` port g,

inch. iii diameter..y Heretofore it has been ,Y customary to thrustthe needle valve 'e into this small port g Whichdirects the vaporized fluid intothe `intake pipery' of the mixing chamber, but as alreadyfexplained in the 1ntroduction, Vtheneedle valve is'liable to be- 2o come" coated Withcarbon Which cannot be yeasily removedan'd this clogsthe small port g. `Ifobviate thisl difficultyfby` providing the small port gto direct and restrict the ow v n l' ofzth'elvaporized iluidiintofthe intake pipej, v and by 'providing"anadditional larger port to be governedby the valve. The valve does not engageV in the small portso that carbon collected upon the valve point doesy not tend to hinderthe passage of the vaporized fluid. y the needle valve e engagesy in the comparativelylarge port la so that any carbon collecting upon this needlepoint does not materially interfere Withgthe operation, of thevalve, for 'if any carbon does so collect, thel valvejiieed not'be caused to approach,,quite so near the port as theretofore "and the vaporized fuel vWill still l flow through, the port and lno hindrance VWill. fre,- sult. 1f any carbon collectsin the' nozzle j", 40 this may bejeasilyremoved by reason ofthe nozzle itselfbeing removable. v Another feature of'my invention is theV use of the plate Z Whichis provided for this purposein the top of the a. rlhis plate Zserves'to kcover up the mining chamber yand conseair to flovvtov the front vof the burner before -it may. rise. v e I y mixture by prolonging the time of comminf Vgling of the airfand theuvaporized fuel but lit also causes a more equal distribution of the flame andthe heat arising `from the Heret'ofore it has been found that largerliameanda greater amount of heat v'than the front portion, but with this plate n the slots of the'cap and the'miXing chamber, the combined vaporized y fuel and airis required yto floW to the front backover the baille of the burner and then e e e plate before it may issue from the top .of the burner injthe form of a flame. This also f'insures a proper distribution'` ofthe vapor- I (I5k ized fuelkand the air at the front of the .mais feedrive 0 Vp, and by the'clip g Which supports the pipe konly about Q/lOOiof; an v seated in a recess n lThis not only. gives Va, better v the slots vmto preheat the coilof the pipe c. 8 and 9 .there is shown e In Figs. 5,y 6, 7, my newl form, of removable burner.v The generator is supported by means of the pipe c, Whichis united -vvith a' branch n of the bymeans of the union nut d. This formof construction securely holds cause of the Way these' twoelements WereV ysecured tothe stove frame.` *It is: to obvi-` atelthis difficulty and tomalepossible the quick removal of the .burner from both the cui'e a'plate s either by Welding, riveting or yA flat plate u is securedtothe rear of the burner and is' adapted to slide upon'the guides t (Which vWill-be termed theburner holderfiand guide) serve to guide the strap o so thatthe perforation w and the perforation in the clip Will register when the -by-any other sui-tablemeans. This plate s Y l `:has its edges t turned overfto form guides.

secured Vto lit by riv- It is provided With l f. Whichissen cured tothe piped. The plate e 'Withjits f ioo burner ismade to approach the generator,

as 'shown` in Fig. 5. vThe Winged screw'- g/ may then be inserted from underneath andk i the burner Will thereby be firmly securl'edinV position With respect'y to the generatorv and the'other stove parts.

It Will be understood'that the burner v4can i beremovedvvithout any trouble at all, either to get at theibu'rn'er itself or to get at the generator.

To removev the nozzle f, forfinstance, all that it is necessary to do is-to "unscrevv the Wingedfscreiv y byvreachingv underneath these parts, and thenv pull the burner to the rear as shownin Fig. 6 until theplate u comes "out of the guides t, Whereupon the burner may be liftedout, and the nozzleA f, unscrewed.

Coperatingfwith the horizontally4 die' posed gas generator are a plurality 'of horisubstantially parallel with the legs ofthe loopV vof the generator and insurefa much greaterV amount of heat being communicated from lthe burner to the loopthan' the old Way of having vertical for the generator is lost. v l

The burner is started bYL'II alcohol, gaso` len'e` .orl other form of torch which is vplaced 1,151,560 i 3y Y' under the coil of the pipe c to preheat vthe heavy hydrocarbon and vaporize it. After the burner itself has been started once, it continues this heating without the necessity of the torch` y Although the kburner is designed chiefly as a heavy hydrocarbon burner, I do not limit myself to a heavy hydrocarbon fuel as light hydrocarbons might be used and the advantages of my invention enjoyed.v

W hat l claim is:

l. In a hydrocarbon stove, the combination of a stove frame, a gas generator, a holder and guide, a burner adapted to be slid into position with respect to the stove frame and the generator by being guided in said holder and guide, and a single device forI detachably securing the burner in relation to the stove frame and gas' generator.

2. In a hydrocarbon stove, the combination of a stove frame and a gas generator provided with a part having a perforation, a guide and holder secured on the stove frame, a burner adapted to be guided with a horizontal movement by the holder and guide, a strap secured to the burner and having a perforation adapted to register with the perforation on a part of the stove frame and generator, and a winged screw to fasten this strap to such part when said perforations are caused to register by the guiding of the burner in the holder and guide.

3. ln a hydrocarbon stove, the combination of a frame, a gas generator supported thereon, a plate .with turned over edges at the sides to form guides, said plate being secured to the frame, a burner provided with a plate on its bottom adapted to slide in said guides of the first mentioned plate, and a strap secured to the burner and detachably securable to a part of the generator and stove frame when the burner is slid into position.

il. A hydrocarbon burner, having in combination, a fuel conduit including a vaporizer, said conduit having ar valve-controlled orifice, a valve forl controlling the same, a removable nozzle adapted to be detachably inserted in the end of the fuel conduit and provided with a relatively small port, and

a burner bowl provided with a mixing chamf ber, the said'burner bowl being detachably i i secured in position to the fuel pipe and movable away therefrom to allow access to the said removable nozzle. v

5. A hydrocarbon burner, having in combination, a fuel pipe including a vaporizer,

nozzle so that said nozzle delivers vaporized fuel through an intervening open space into the mixing chamber, and whereby access to the removable nozzle may be had in case the same becomes clogged with carbon.

6. A. hydrocarbon burner, having in oombination, a fuel pipe including a vaporizer, a pipe into which the fuel pipe leads and provided with a large port, a valve in said second mentioned pipe for governing the large port, a nozzle detachably securable to the end of the second mentioned pipe and provided with a relatively small port for directing the vaporized fuel, a burner bowl provided withv a mixing chamber and an intake pipe, and detachable connections between the burner bowl, the fuel pipe and the second mentioned pipe for ordinarily sus'- taining the burner bowl in such position that the intake pipe thereof is in line with the said nozzle but spaced therefrom by an intervening open space through which the nozzle sprays the vaporized fuel, the said burner bowl being removable with respect to the fuel pipe and the secondy mentioned pipe to allow access to the nozzle for removing carbon deposits. i

ln testimon whereof I sign this s eci- J s P ication in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. BOECK. Witnesses G. D. HAwKINs, EDGAR WELLS.

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